Pictures of a Quartet

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On this, his second SLAM CD, Meloni co-leads an Anglo-Italian Quartet with his fellow countryman Dessanay on bass plus UK improvising musicians Dunmall and Sanders.

Meloni describes his approach to his music:“My music is completely improvised; I only composed a few themes for the CD “Dialogues”. I am not interested in any kind of meaning apart from that which can be derived from musical expression. I try to uncover what music can express in itself, as well as the emotions we could convey with atonal free improvisations.I often decide which forms, sounds, timbres, or registers I am going to explore ahead of time. My purpose is to make atonal improvisation a compositional language, which means strict rules and attention to form. At the same time, I seek to preserve the inherent joy in the musical discovery that comes with instantaneous composition”.

The album was recorded in the studios of Birmingham Conservatoire, England, in July 2011.

Reviews

15/11/2012 Vittorio Albani

TRANSLATIONMortified in a country that seems to have given a lot to jazz continental past thirty years but that does not receive adequate support right where most be needed, some of the most sensitive musicians of our house go abroad to seek better fortune.This is the case of the two Cagliari Sebastiano Sebastiano Meloni and Dessanay calling the court of the British Slam sharing with two lions English an interesting work record that travels safe in the vast territories at the turn of the pure free, avant-garde and contemporary tout court.Meloni, in a sort of manifesto of his artistic activity, insists that his artistic lives basically the only improvisation and offers an exemplary statement of his intentions when he says that "the aim is to make atonal improvisation, a language composition ", which in other words means strict rules and attention to form.At the same time, the game is far from easy to "seek to preserve the joy inherent in musical discovery that flows through the instant composition."Ina Quartet Pictures ofthe operation is not at all coming evil.Abstract shapes and timbres are obviously the strict master, but an attentive listener can not help but be awed by the structure designed by the four protagonists of this project traveling safe in a world that for many remains that of the "dialogue impossible."The Anglo-Italian quartet does not need to "invent" firsts but music theory expressed is of high caliber.Also because of other collaborations with contemporary architectures expressed bring to mind important works dedicated to contemporary art from names such as Tony Oxley, Roberto Dani, Adriano Orrù but Evan Parker, Derek Bailey and Cecil Taylor.One of the two Italians is music that reflects of classical and jazz.One of the two Englishmen is wrapped in the mantle of free decades of wide-ranging of the British school.Technique and lyricism available atonal universe.Perhaps difficult to interpret, but once you have found the key, can give important moments listening.What does that mean?It means creativity, fascination, groove and - ultimately - communication.And when it is able to be conveyed in a consistent manner, then you can pull the wings. Needless to say, the extraordinary skill of a bigwig like Paul Dunmall can really make the difference in a work of this kind, providing depth and perspective rare. Moreover, there are exactly four decades that the saxophonist Welling capture attention and respect not just for the unforgettable ride alongside Elton Dean, or even the all-important adventures with Keith Tippett, Paul Rogers, Myra Melford, Henry Grimes, Peter Brötzmann, Roswell Rudd, Barry Guy, Otomo Yoshihide, Ken Vandermak, Wadada Leo Smith, or holds for all its permanent and historical attending the London Jazz Composers Orchestra.His discography borders hundred and fifty discs.Of these more than half are small masterpieces of modern music.Sanders and Dessanay, to close the circle, are the icing on the cake: two correct and careful explorers who bring home the sense of a job that is perhaps for a few but certainly for art.

15/11/2012 Vittorio Albani

TRANSLATIONMortified in a country that seems to have given a lot to jazz continental past thirty years but that does not receive adequate support right where most be needed, some of the most sensitive musicians of our house go abroad to seek better fortune.This is the case of the two Cagliari Sebastiano Sebastiano Meloni and Dessanay calling the court of the British Slam sharing with two lions English an interesting work record that travels safe in the vast territories at the turn of the pure free, avant-garde and contemporary tout court.Meloni, in a sort of manifesto of his artistic activity, insists that his artistic lives basically the only improvisation and offers an exemplary statement of his intentions when he says that "the aim is to make atonal improvisation, a language composition ", which in other words means strict rules and attention to form.At the same time, the game is far from easy to "seek to preserve the joy inherent in musical discovery that flows through the instant composition."Ina Quartet Pictures ofthe operation is not at all coming evil.Abstract shapes and timbres are obviously the strict master, but an attentive listener can not help but be awed by the structure designed by the four protagonists of this project traveling safe in a world that for many remains that of the "dialogue impossible."The Anglo-Italian quartet does not need to "invent" firsts but music theory expressed is of high caliber.Also because of other collaborations with contemporary architectures expressed bring to mind important works dedicated to contemporary art from names such as Tony Oxley, Roberto Dani, Adriano Orrù but Evan Parker, Derek Bailey and Cecil Taylor.One of the two Italians is music that reflects of classical and jazz.One of the two Englishmen is wrapped in the mantle of free decades of wide-ranging of the British school.Technique and lyricism available atonal universe.Perhaps difficult to interpret, but once you have found the key, can give important moments listening.What does that mean?It means creativity, fascination, groove and - ultimately - communication.And when it is able to be conveyed in a consistent manner, then you can pull the wings. Needless to say, the extraordinary skill of a bigwig like Paul Dunmall can really make the difference in a work of this kind, providing depth and perspective rare. Moreover, there are exactly four decades that the saxophonist Welling capture attention and respect not just for the unforgettable ride alongside Elton Dean, or even the all-important adventures with Keith Tippett, Paul Rogers, Myra Melford, Henry Grimes, Peter Brötzmann, Roswell Rudd, Barry Guy, Otomo Yoshihide, Ken Vandermak, Wadada Leo Smith, or holds for all its permanent and historical attending the London Jazz Composers Orchestra.His discography borders hundred and fifty discs.Of these more than half are small masterpieces of modern music.Sanders and Dessanay, to close the circle, are the icing on the cake: two correct and careful explorers who bring home the sense of a job that is perhaps for a few but certainly for art.

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